Race 15 - Suzuka, Japan - Qualifying results

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will start the Japanese Grand Prix from pole position after a dramatic qualifying session at Suzuka, which featured three red flags due to accidents.

The most severe saw Toyota's Timo Glock being helicoptered to hospital with a leg wound after going off at the final corner. Team mate Jarno Trulli qualified second

01 Sebastian Vettel ( RBR-Renault )
02 Jarno Trulli ( Toyota )
03 Lewis Hamilton ( McLaren-Mercedes )
04 Adrian Sutil ( Force India-Mercedes )
05 Rubens Barrichello ( Brawn-Mercedes )
06 Nick Heidfeld ( BMW Sauber )
07 Jenson Button ( Brawn-Mercedes )
08 Kimi Räikkönen ( Ferrari )

what a session.. that was so messed up

Grid penalty for 5 drivers for finishing a flying lap under yellow flags.

The stewards at Suzuka have been busy following Saturday's qualifying session. A large number of drivers completed a flying lap while yellow flags were waved. The stewards punished Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Fernando Alonso, Adrian Sutil and Sebastien Buemi with a five place drop on the grid.

As a result of the given penalties Nick Heidfeld will start Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix from fourth on the grid, with Kimi Raikkonen in fifth.

The grid penalties will surely make the championship even more interesting as Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello (1st and 2nd in the championship) are well behind on pole man Sebastian Vettel who is currently third in the championship. Even though Vettel is 25 points behind with three races to go there is still a small chance for the German to win the championship this season.

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So the starting grid along with car weights for tomorrow's race will be like this:

Grid Qualified Name Weight

1 1 Sebastian Vettel 658.5
2 2 Jarno Trulli 655.5
3 3 Lewis Hamilton 656
4 6 Nick Heidfeld 660
5 8 Kimi Raikkonen 661
6 11 Nico Rosberg 684.5
7 13 Robert Kubica 686
8 4 Adrian Sutil 650
9 5 Rubens Barrichelllo 660.5
10 15 Jaime Alguersuari 682.5
11 7 Jenson Button 658.5
12 16 Giancarlo Fisichella 661.5
13 9 Heikki Kovalainen 675
14 10 Sebastien Buemi 665.4
15 17 Kazuki Nakajima 695.7
16 18 Romain Grosjean 691.8
17 12 Fernando Alonso 689.5
18 19 Vitantonio Liuzzi 682.5
19 14 Timo Glock N/A
20 20 Mark Webber N/A

That has sent the Brawns further behind Vettel. If Vettel can finish on P1 tomorrow, with the Brawns (especially Button) not finishing with points, then he still has a realistic chance of winning the World Championship.

wooot.. and after that race.. game on.. vettel can still win this.. if the brawns fall behind. if the track temps in sao paulo are above the magic number 40 the brawns can perform..